Oscar Nominations 2023
by paulieb2003@gmail.com
Hello Everyone! Sorry for the hiatus, but you know, holidays and all that. Welcome to February! I heard the groundhog saw something so we might be in for a doozy! But I doubt it. Below are the nominations. Let me just tell you, Spielberg is only in this race because it was about his own personal history. Otherwise, this film is extremely mediocre and should be no where near this list. People literally thing Spielberg invented movies and the things they give him credit for, day in and day out makes my head spin. I swear some people think he invented air. I mean it’s ludicrous.
Anyway – Banshee and Maverick are two movies that should win – they are what movie making is all about. Maverick brought people back into the theaters in a big way – and also showed Hollywood the right way to do a sequel. You don’t just rehash the same story again, you progress the characters and put them in a new story to show what they have learned and how their lives progressed. That is how you do a sequel. Not just the same story with same characters and the same blueprint. I’m glad Tom Cruise is still around to show these punks how it’s done. I weep for the future.
I will give you my favorites and my pics next week – so don’t worry – plenty of more Oscar talk to come!
BEST PICTURE
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
BEST DIRECTOR
Martin McDonagh; Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinart; Everything Everywhere, All at Once
Steven Spielberg; The Fabelmans
Todd Field; Tar
Ruben Ostend; Triangle of Sadness
BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler: Elvis
Colin Farrell: Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Frasier: The Whale
Paul Mescal: Aftersun
Bill Nighy; Living
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fablemans
Michelle Yeoh; Everything Everywhere All At Once
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Todd Field, Tár
Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks; Top Gun: Maverick
Kazuo Ishiguro, Living
Rian Johnson; Glass Onion: Knives Out Mystery
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Edward Berger, Ian Stokell, and Lesley Paterson, All Quiet on the Western Front
